BEIRUT: A cafeteria worker in Nabatieh’s criminal court confessed Friday to stealing money and valuables from the court’s registrar office earlier this week, police and a security source said.
After missing work Wednesday and Thursday without giving prior notice, Ibrahim Yahya, 24, arrived back at the court Friday and told his employers that he was in Beirut with his sister who had some medical tests to perform, a security source told The Daily Star.
He was then detained by police for questioning.
A police statement said that Yahya confessed to breaking into the office of the registrar earlier this week and stealing around LL3 million ($1,986) in cash, a gold bracelet, a Kalashnikov, a hunting rifle and a pistol.
He also confessed that he was in Beirut to sell the machine gun, the source added.
Workers discovered that the office had been ransacked Wednesday.
The court has been investigating whether any important documents or files were stolen along with the cash and goods, according to the source.
The files were scattered across the office, making it difficult to determine if any of them were missing.
Suspicion had previously focused on one of the court registrars who was removed from his post more than seven months ago due to infringement cases against him, but investigations showed he was innocent, the security source said.
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